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The Los Angeles Times ran a story on Thursday, April 3 entitled: “Harbor Reaches Pollution Accord.”
Sadly, the story wasn’t about “our” harbor — it was about the Los Angeles Harbor.
And here’s what is being done: the Port of LA have agreed to pay $12 millin over the next year on pollution reduction initiatives in adjacent […]

Following the underwhelming support I received last Tuesday night to refer to the Council Committee on Economic Development for “discussion” the issue of increasing the amount of profits transferred from the Harbor Department…a department of the City… I went home and watched my favorite (actually second favorite) surreal Tuesday night show — “Boston Legal” and […]

I am placing several items on the January 22nd Council agenda aimed at dealing with some of the serious financial and environmental problems facing the City of Long Beach, including a proposal to increase the transfer of Port of Long Beach funds and allow use of a portion of the transferred funds for non-tidelands area […]

Don’t take my word for it. Look at the front pages of the Press Telegram and the Los Angeles Times today and read how pollution from the ports is harming and killing (via cancer and respiratory illness) Long Beach.  Then click on to this file and read Health Impact of Bunker Fuel . You might also recall […]